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Intel's 45nm Penryn chips aren't even out yet and they're talking about going smaller. Yesterday at their Developers Forum, CEO Paul Otellini, showed off a 300mm wafer built using an impresive 32nm process. Each 32nm chip will contain over 1.9 billion transistors. That's more than 1.4 billion extra transistors compared with the 65nm chips that we have now. [PCWorld]
Intel Plans Move From 45nm to 32nm Chips
3:12 PM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Ben Longo
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Daaaamn!
thems a lotta transistors
the lab tech in the pic is about to throw the world's most expensive frisbee
As long as it fulfills the primary purpose of all information and communications technology: making access to porn better.
wow. Makes my old 90nm Pentium 4 look huge!
AMD should just start talking about the 1nm dies.
If all else fails the CEO should then just break out the ruler and drop his pants...
Whew, thanks for telling me about that Intel.
In that case no need to buy your now-crappy 45nm chips when they come out because they will have been obsoleted by your upcoming 32s!
What King of W.F said!
@ChopSue-Me:
I assume this would be better to do before mentioning items that are 1nm, right? Or, perhaps there is a new shrinkage contest I am unaware of. (And one that I might be able to win.)
Eventually, won't processors get so small that they will no longer be able to be installed by actual rig-builders, but only by machines/other computers?
Soooooo, we're gonna have all these super awesome processors . . . but no SOF3 to play on them? Isn't that like having really fast, safe, green cars but no roads to drive them on? Or am I being chartreuse?
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